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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.

His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

He was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.

The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.